Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse has been named NBA Coach of the Year for the 2019-20 season.
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The defending NBA champions had the league's second-best record during the regular season - 53-19 - and their .736 winning percentage set a franchise record.
They have a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven opening-round series against the Brooklyn Nets.
Nurse, 53, is in his second season as the Raptors head coach after five seasons as an assistant.
He was the ninth rookie head coach to win an NBA championship and has an overall 111-43 record with the team.
Nurse kept the Raptors among the top teams in the league this season despite having NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard depart as a free agent to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Nurse is the third Raptors coach to win the award, following Dwane Casey (2017-18) and Sam Mitchell (2006-07).
Australian Associated Press